Toy.



G.J.SELM.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16. 1918.

1,273,416. Patented July 23, 1918.

GOT'IJLIEB J. SELM, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

Application filed January 16, 1918. Serial No. 212,083.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, -GOTTLIEB J. SELM, a citizen of Switzerland, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of \Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in toys.

The object of this invention is to provide a toy capable of being actuated by motor power, wind power, or the like so that children may derive pleasure therefrom during their leisure hours.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a toy of this character, which will be simple, practical, and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and one that can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the toy as made in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the wheel,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of one of the supporting members.

Like numerals of references designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 desi ates a frame having a bottom rail 6, vertlcal end rails 7 secured at one end to the bottom rail 6 and a top rail 8 connecting the upper ends of the end rails 7. An intermediate rail 9 is secured to the top and bottom rails respectively adjacent one end thereof and in spaced relation to the vertical supporting standards 10 which are also secured to the top and bottom rails.

A supporting board 11 is secured to one face of one end rail 7 and intermediate rail 9 and has aflixed or placed on the outer face thereof the representation of a man 13 which has his body in a slightly inclined position and has one arm extended and the hand of the arm in contact with the representation of a block of Wood 14, which block of wood is rested upon a saw horse designated 15. The horse, block of woodand man are printed or otherwise placed upon the face of the supporting board 11. An arm 16 is pivotally secured as at 17 to the representation of the man and this arm is extended to provide a hand 18, which hand has secured therein a member 19 which represents a saw. A block 20 is secured to the outer face of the board 11 and in direct alinement with the block 14 to provide a continuation thereof so as to represent the man sawing the block 0d of the printed block 14. A flexible member 21 has one end secured to the arm as at 22 while its other end is trained over a pulley wheel 23 pivotally secured as at 24: to one end rail 7 and secured to the 3' free end of the flexible member is a weight 25 which normally tends to hold the arm in a rearward position. The supporting standard 10 is provided intermediate its ends with a diagonal slot 26 which extends upwardly and outwardly from its longitudinal axis through one vertical edge thereof, which slot is adapted to receive the shaft 27 therein, on which shaft is affixed the wind wheel 28. The shaft and wheel are retained in the slot 26 by virtue of a hook 29 which is pivotally secured as at 30 to the supporting standards and has the hooked end adapted to be arranged over the shaft as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawing An operating strip 31 is pivotally connected by one end to the shaft by a crank 31 as at 32 and has secured in its free end a flexible member 33 and the free end of the flexible member is trained over the pulley 3a and has its terminal connected to the forward end of the saw as at 35. The pulley 34 is journaled on the intermediate rail 9. The wind wheel 28 is provided with a plurality of radially extending blades 36 which have one vertical edge curved back upon themselves as at 37 to provide means whereby the wind may be utilized to rotate the wheel, pulling the arm forward and by virtue of the weight 25 the arm will then be again pulled rearwardly, thus the representation of a man sawing a block of wood will be accomplished.

It is to be understood that itis only necessary to remove the wheel from its bearing 26 and to attach to the flexible member or strap 33 the pendulum of a clock or other suitable mechanism for rotating or operating the arm and saw.

nected to the cord, a second pulley j ournaled on the frame, a motor, and a flexible member connected to the motor and said member pivoted to the frame and passing over the second pulley.

2. A toy comprising a base having a part of afigure and a part of a piece of work depicted thereon, a member forming the balance of said figure pivoted to the frame, a second member forming the balance of said piece of work secured to said frame, a tool connected to said first member and located between said second member and the depicted part of the work, apulley j ournaled on the frame, a cord connecting one member and passing over the pulley, a weight connected to the cord, a second pulley journaled on the frame, a power source, a flexible member connected to the power source and tool and passing over the second pulley.

3. A toy comprising a frame having depicted thereon a figure, a work support and a piece of wood; an arm pivotally secured to the figure; a weight arranged rearwardly of the figure; a cord extending from the weight to the pivoted arm, said weight being adapted to cause the arm to seek a rearward position, a saw carried by the pivoted arm; a motor; and a cord extending from the motor to the forward end of the saw, said motor being adapted to cause the saw to partake of a reciprocatory movement.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GOTTLIEB J. SELM-.

Witnesses:

JNo. A. HOMER, MERLE K. JOHNSON. 

